Some Neighbourhood Policing teams in the North East are carrying emergency shelters, known as Sleep Pods, to help the homeless, reports the BBC. Durham Constabulary has been given 100 Sleep Pods to provide temporary shelter to people sleeping rough and helping protect them from the elements. Officers can distribute the pods to vulnerable people they […]
For people experiencing homelessness, accessing substance use treatment is rarely straightforward, writes Chris Annison at Phoenix Futures. Fragmented systems, strict criteria and the limitations of borough-based boundaries often leave people excluded before they have even had a chance to engage. At Phoenix Futures, our Regional Homeless Engagement with Substance Use Treatment (RhEST) service works to […]
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has previously called for ‘change’ in the Labour party. What does he want that change to look like? The Big Issue speculates. Andy Burnham might have found a new route to parliament after Makerfield MP Josh Simons resigned to give the Greater Manchester mayor the opportunity to challenge Keir […]
The Mayor of London told Big Issue it would take until 2026 to see the number of homeless people on London’s streets fall. New official statistics have proven him right. The number of people sleeping rough on London’s streets fell by more than 10% in the first three months of 2026 – just as Mayor […]
MORE than one in three Scots are worried they could lose their home within the next few years, according to new polling that highlights mounting anxiety over Scotland’s housing and homelessness emergency, reports deadlinenews. The research found 35% of people across Scotland are concerned about losing their home because of pressures including the cost of […]
The latest official homelessness statistics show 176,000 children in England are now living in temporary accommodation. It’s the latest record-high figure and means there are as many homeless kids as the population of Oxford, reports the Big Issue. The number of children who are now homeless and living in temporary accommodation in England is at […]
Mike Cooney said he has “never felt so free” but knows he must “go back to the real world one day”, reports the Liverpool Echo. A chef who was forced into homelessness after being told he could no longer keep his dogs in staff accommodation has embarked on a 500-mile journey. Mike Cooney, 44, originally […]
Every branch of government must step up and take responsibility for ending the ongoing crisis in homelessness and rough sleeping, reports Housing Digital. The call was made in response to the latest statutory statistics, which added fuel to demands that the government crack on and implement its national plan to end homelessness. According to the […]
The deaths of over 100 children have been linked to temporary accommodation, reports the Independent. The government has been warned by MPs over the “devastating” state of temporary accommodation in the UK. New figures show that a total of 104 children died with temporary accommodation as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health, or death, […]
Single Homeless Project and Solace Women’s Aid are joined by partners across the homelessness and Violence Against Women and Girls sectors to write to Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, calling for stronger action on women’s homelessness. The letter, sent by the National Women’s Homeless Coalition alongside the National Domestic Abuse […]
